What poetry does at its very best is to make the reader feel. Feel deeply and truly. --Jane Yolen
Genre Studies: Poetry How do we use elements of poetry to enhance the quality of our writing?
How do we introduce students to the craft and meaning of poetry, without relying on formulaic, scripted lessons? What challenges and opportunities exist within a unit of poetry study?
Writing Workshop
Mini-lesson: Six room-images
Writing Time
Response Groups
Class time Reading and Writing Poetry
Georgia Heard's 3 layers of reading poetry:
1) Make reading poetry inviting. Choose poems that are relevant, accessible, and non-threatening to students.
2) Help students find personal connections to poetry.
3) Guide students toward analysis of craft, meaning, searching through difficult poems.
Writing poetry Look for the poetry that grows under your feet. --Rainier Marie Rilke
1) Help students find "where poetry hides." Typically, it's the ordinary, everyday things , people, events.
2) The heart door
3) The observation door
4) The concerns about the world door
5) The wonder door
6) The memory door
7) Infinite poetry doors
Poetry Toolboxes:
Tools to Help Craft Poetry
Meaning
Music
Image
Rhyme
Metaphor
Repetition/Patterns
Simile
Rhythm
Personification
Alliteration
Words
Words
Line breaks
Line breaks
Beginnings/Endings
Onomatopoeia
Titles
Assonance
Observation
Consonance
from Georgia Heard's Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary & Middle School
Bring Draft of Multi-genre Project due next week=100 points
Introduction
Genre 1: “Interview with an Expert” – an article that incorporates an actual interview with a teacher as well as supporting evidence from course texts and other sources
Genre 2: Mini-Lesson – a clear and concise mini-lesson that addresses the project’s topic, incorporates principles of the writing workshop, and connects to GLCEs and assessment.
Genre 3: Mentor Text—this may be presented in chart form, as an annotated bibliography, an article, or another genre that makes sense.
Genre 4 & 5: your choice of genre, but try something that is a bit uncomfortable to you (i.e., a creative form, article, poster, podcast, slide-show, how-to guide)
What poetry does at its very best is to make the reader feel. Feel deeply and truly. --Jane YolenGenre Studies: Poetry How do we use elements of poetry to enhance the quality of our writing?
How do we introduce students to the craft and meaning of poetry, without relying on formulaic, scripted lessons? What challenges and opportunities exist within a unit of poetry study?
Writing Workshop
Mini-lesson: Six room-imagesWriting Time
Response Groups
Class time
Reading and Writing Poetry
Georgia Heard's 3 layers of reading poetry:
1) Make reading poetry inviting. Choose poems that are relevant, accessible, and non-threatening to students.
2) Help students find personal connections to poetry.
3) Guide students toward analysis of craft, meaning, searching through difficult poems.
Writing poetry Look for the poetry that grows under your feet. --Rainier Marie Rilke
1) Help students find "where poetry hides." Typically, it's the ordinary, everyday things , people, events.
2) The heart door
3) The observation door
4) The concerns about the world door
5) The wonder door
6) The memory door
7) Infinite poetry doors
Tools to Help Craft Poetry
Resources NCTE Poetry Academy of American Poets April is National Poetry Month
Homework
Bring Draft of Multi-genre Project due next week=100 points